US8540276B2 - Inflatable knee airbag assemblies with cushion fold pattern - Google Patents
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- FIG. 1C is another side elevation cutaway view of the airbag assembly of FIG. 1A showing the airbag cushion in a fully deployed state;
- FIG. 2D is another perspective view of the airbag cushion of FIG. 2A shown in a further stage of the folding and/or assembly procedures in which a proximal portion of the airbag has been coupled with an embodiment of an inflator and an embodiment of a housing so as to form an embodiment of an airbag assembly;
- FIG. 4A is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of an airbag assembly, such as the airbag assembly of FIG. 2D , shown in the packaged configuration, wherein a deployment accordion fold is positioned adjacent to a rolled region of the airbag cushion;
- the housing 102 may define a more rounded or domed configuration such that a substantially continuous wall defines a front, rear, and upper wall regions. Each such region can function as and be referred to as an individual wall, wall portion, or wall region. Due to the rigid nature of the housing 102 , the walls 110 , 112 , 114 can remain fixed relative to each other, even when substantial forces (e.g., forces imparted by inflation gases during deployment of the airbag 104 ) are applied thereto.
- substantial forces e.g., forces imparted by inflation gases during deployment of the airbag 104
- the upper wall 314 can act as a reaction surface against which the rolled region 330 is pressed during initial stages of deployment.
- inflation gases enter the proximal region of the airbag cushion so as to fill the deployment accordion fold 334 .
- the rolled region 330 is compressed against the upper wall 314 , and the reactionary force of the wall 314 and the rolled region 330 causes the accordion fold 334 to exit the housing 302 .
- FIGS. 5A-5C depict another embodiment of an inflatable cushion airbag assembly 500 that can resemble the airbag assemblies 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 described above in certain respects. Accordingly, like features are designated with like reference numerals, with the leading digits incremented to “5.” Relevant disclosure set forth above regarding similarly identified features thus may not be repeated hereafter. Moreover, specific features of the airbag assembly 500 may not be shown or identified by a reference numeral in the drawings or specifically discussed in the written description that follows. However, such features may clearly be the same, or substantially the same, as features depicted in other embodiments and/or described with respect to such embodiments. Accordingly, the relevant descriptions of such features apply equally to the features of the airbag assembly 500 . Any suitable combination of the features and variations of the same described with respect to the airbag assemblies 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 can be employed with the airbag assembly 500 , and vice versa.
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